Posted on December 12, 2010

Let’s give away a few Memberships!

Some of you may remember back in June DB Member “Walo” generously donated 6 1-year Membership Gift Certificates to be given away to the most deserving amongst my Facebook Fans. Why Facebook? Because I don’t allow non-Members to post here (sorry).

Another Member, Jeff Willard, kindly contributed 3 90-day Membership “Honorable Mention” prizes and 1 kicked in a Lifetime Membership “Grand Prize”. Folks who really wanted a Membership (or renewal), but for whatever reason couldn’t afford one were asked to post their stories on my Facebook wall and then the ones with the most “likes” were chosen as the winners.

It was a lot of fun and I gained 10 happy Members. Well, Walo wrote me recently and asked if we could do it all again. You can read the contest details here. I hope to give the Memberships away tomorrow so I encourage everyone who is interested to post their story on my wall. If you aren’t interested in a free Membership but want to help out I ask you to please read through as many of the entries as you want to and “Like” (or comment on) the best ones.

Don’t forget, my Holiday Sale continues! Memberships and Renewals are 25% off until tomorrow. Lifetime Included! Gift Certificates (email) are discounted as well!

I hope you all have a safe, warm, and wonderful Christmas Eve!

Posted on December 12, 2010

Quick Note: My Holiday Sale continues. Memberships and Renewals are 25% off until Christmas. Gift Certificates (email) are discounted as well!

A company in the UK called “Art in Design” has been licensing my Christmas/Winter artwork for the past 4 or 5 years now. This spring they inquired about using “The Ride (2009)” but asked that I make a few changes to make it useful for print. I brightened the scene significantly and made Santa’s sleigh a bit larger. Normally I don’t like to make changes to my work but I’ve had a pretty good relationship with these folks.

I posted the brighter version, without Santa, earlier this year as “Wintermoon“. This morning I added the Christmas Card render (with Santa) to the Pickle Jar. Which version (lighter or darker) do you prefer?

Posted on December 12, 2010

Happy Solstice Day everyone! A couple of items to mention.

First, I’ve added “The Ride” (the 2009 version) to the Free Gallery this afternoon. I hope you enjoy it and check out it’s companion render “Wintermoon“.

I also wanted to mention that I will be having a sale on memberships, renewals and gift certificates until Christmas. Use coupon code “solstice” to save 20% on new memberships and 25% on renewals.

I’ve also cut base price of my 1 year Gift Certificate by $5. The more of them you purchase (up to 6 at a time) the cheaper they are. I have hundreds of Members who first joined via gift certificate so you are helping me out in two ways by purchasing one.

Working on a multiscreen render of “Highland Yule” right now and hope to have it up before Christmas (fingers crossed).

Posted on December 12, 2010

After posting “Magi” I set about creating something nice and warm to brighten up the post-Holiday. That project is nearly complete and rendering on my alternate box so I thought it would be fun to see if I could squeeze in one more (relatively) quick holiday wallpaper.

It seemed only natural to take my “Highland” scene and decorate it for the Holidays. The scene is pretty tricky to work with (it’s at the very edge of what my workstation can handle) but I managed to bedeck the tree with a few lights and some shiny red ornaments. I think it turned out rather nice actually, though the thumbnails make it look a darker than it really is. It’s called “Highland Yule” and I hope you enjoy it.

Happy Holidays from Jessie, Ian, Jason and me!

Posted on December 12, 2010

Here is a lovely video created by one of my newest Members, who happens to be a very talented oboist.

The music is beautiful (a piece I had never heard before) and it features a set of very early DB images that I haven’t really looked at in a while.

I posted this on the DB Facebook page yesterday and a very generous fan purchased this struggling college student a Lifetime Membership to my gallery. Thank you Mr. Ekleberry for going above and beyond! Ms. McNab has promised me she will create a new video with some of my newer work sometime in the near future.

Anyway, I thought the music was too good not also post here. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Be on the lookout for one more possible Holiday wallpaper. . .